The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-30
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

| street. Brooklyn, has been leased to a Mrs
| White, a member of Plymouth Church. who will
use the premises for letting out furnished rooms.
1.-THE perfectly healthy and active man." says
| John E. Burton, the Wisconsin iron capitalist.
should weigh two and a quarter pounds for
every inch of his height The rule will test
man ninety nine times every hundred"
Miss GwYNN, sister of Mrs. Cornell sVander-
bilt is at her summer cottage at Narragansett
Pier. where she is writing a comedy drana-an
idyl OF life at Bar Harbor. Miss Gwynn is
SAID to be an earnest student and facile writer.
LIEUT.. Gov. ROBERT ". WATERMAN, who
will become Governor Of California in the event
of the death of Governor Bartlett is Republic
an and former citizen of Will county, Illinois,
who went to California years ago and
made a fortune
ACCORDING to the latest authorities the Mis-
souri, Mississippi river is only the longest in
name. but the longest in extent of stream in
the world-4. 1872 miles The next longest is the
Mile, 900 mies-and the next in order the
Amazon and Congo.
REV De WITT TALMAGE and his family
at Bar Harbor. Both of his dauehte rs are ha nd
some girls and dress in striking costumes. Mrs
Taimaee has very handsome diamonds. and
young Talmage sports one of the most stunning
blazers" at the resort.
THE nurses of the Vienna General Hospital
have petitoned the new director for better
social treatment. They demand politeness to-
wards them on the part of the physicians and
refuse to greet the latter any longer with the
exclamation: II kiss your hand Herr Doctor
They declare their motto to be: Decent,
humane treatment, or strike; we live In the
nineteenth century and desire progress"
Mr. FRANCIS BRAMLEY. of Cleveland. owns a
horse which served through the entire war of
the rebellion. He has been retired from active
service, but occasionally he goes to soldiers
reunion He proudly lifts his head at the cheers
of his companions of the war; He pricks up his
at the sound of the bugle and seems to enjoy the
occasion much any of his two-footsd
friends
AT the great caravansaries at the summer re-
sorts at Saratoga there is arrangement for
the delivery of mails which strikes newcomers
as curious Letters for gentlemen are never
sent to the rooms, but left at the Office until
called for Letters for ladies are delivered to
them in person by bell-5oy specially detailed
for that service. The origin of the custom is
not known, but that 1t saves no end of scandal
is generally admitted.
IT may not be generally known that Pres-
dent Cleveland is very hearty laueher. Some
body has discovered, however, that his enjoy
ment of joke is quite striking natural phe
nomenon The very twinkle of his eye and
the rolling, rolickng tremulosity which marks
the hearty laughter of the fat spread the
contagiop of his smile and joke and twinkle
til everybody about him is roaring with laughter
out Of mere sympathy with enjoyment of a
good thing"
Mr. Cross, of Westerly, r. l.. has in his pos
session tall eight-day clock which belonged to
Commodore Vanderbilt's mother, and stood in
the kitchen of the old birthplace Staten ISL
and. From the depths of that clock which old
Mrs. Vanderbilt used as savings bank. she
took 800 of hard-saved money and gave it to
young Cornelius to start in business That $1C0
the foundation of the Wander bilt millions.
Mr.. Cross married daughter of Comm odore
Vanderbilt, and the old clock was her share of
the homestead furniture
AT her home in San Diego, Cal. Mrs. E. o.
c. Ord possesses the celeb rated Lone Star corps
flag which foased over General Buffers head
quarters st New Orleans and other places dur
ing the great struggle. It is composed of two
stripes. one of red and one of blue material,
each about yard wide In the center is a large
white star. The flag, as it now hangs in Mrs.
Ords back paror, is somewhat tattered. A
large piece is torn from off lower corner, and
the flag has many significant little holes made
by the dangerous mimic rifie-ball
THE Jewish Messenger deprecates the ten
dencv of Hebrews to go into club life. ''Some
of u.s." it says, 'are Germanized by club in
fuence and association, that refer to
Israelites Americana thus voluntarily pro-
scribing ourselves un-American and for
eign. To avoid general society and organize
own petty Jewish circles. to which non -Israeltes
not admitted, is both bigoted and imprudent.
1t not only conveys the impression that Judaism
is narrow and clannish, but il will drive from
companionship some of our best and most repre-
sentative Hebrews"
DR.. MCGLYNN now says that the real reason
of his expulsion from st. Stephens Church was
that there was too much practical religion there
during his pastorate. 81 have not said this be-
FORE" he added, "but / say now that it was nat
of reproach with certain ecclesastics that St.
Stephens Church open from o'clock in the
morning until O'Clock at night Their objec-
ton to this Christianity was that the church had
become resting place for tramps. If the Lord
Jesus Christ were now to appear on the steps of
the altar of St. Peters at Rome the Pontiff and
his clergy would drive him away"
E. c. STEDMAN's study in his New Hamp-
shire home is a small upper chamber in the
tower with deep casemented windows looking
every way but to landward. Eastward is the
ocean, with its white named coursers rolling in,
ard the eternal plant of the smltten crags.
Some of the best work OF the poet in recent
years has been done in this little room, alone
with sea and sky. He devotes his mornings to
it. The afternoons reserved for social pleas
ures-boatng and fishing, rides into the storied
lands about him, and strolls through the
mautic lanes and along the sounding beaches Of
the island.
THE death of Gen Phil Kearney at Fredericks-
burg has always been shrouded in MYSTERY. He
was killed instantly, but the circumstances
which led to his death have hitherto been kept
very quiet Gen. Pierce Young of Georgia, has
lust returned from ST.. Petersburg where he
was United States consul-eeneral. He
confederate officer during the and says that
st FREDERICKSBURG ne ana MS command unex-
pectedly surrounded KAarney and his staff.
Young, who had been classmate and friend of
Kearney. motioned to the Union general to
cape Kearney saw the signal. but before he
could take advantage of it was shot dead by the
rebel troops.
ARNOLD B. JOHNSON, who was the private
secretary of Charles Sumner, relates incident
TO prove the remarkable strength of the states
man. Four men trying one day to lift a
box of books weighing several hundred pounds
up the stairs in Mr.. Summers house. The Cen
ator was coming out hated and gloved ready for
the street why don't you lift it the
raill" said he. How wet" suggested one.
You have idea OF it's weight" LET
try" said the Senator, and leaning over the rail
he seized the rope handle of the box and lifted
it clear OF its entang clements by strong pull,
splitting his gloves the back. The men
were amazed. and he a little emit arrassed said:
1T didn't mean TO lift it, only to try its weight"
And then he went back for fresh gloves